quat
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /kwɒt/
quat (plural quats)
- (obsolete) A pustule.
- (obsolete) An annoying, worthless person.
quat (third-person singular simple present quats, present participle quatting, simple past and past participle quatted)
- (transitive, obsolete) To satiate.
- 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uK0_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA28&lpg=RA2-PA28&dq=%22quatted%22|%22quatting%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=_1FiCKSIY9&sig=jffofCMcFdSL9ZF_zuPAU_zrHXs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-NBJUNbVBsnImQX9noHoBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quatted%22|%22quatting%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 28],
- Mrs. Cad. Well, come, begin and ſtart me, that I may come the ſooner to quatting——Huſh ! here′s Siſter ; what the deuce brought her !
- 1757, Samuel Foote, The Author, Act II, Scene ii, 1765, The Dramatic Works, Volume 1, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uK0_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA28&lpg=RA2-PA28&dq=%22quatted%22|%22quatting%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=_1FiCKSIY9&sig=jffofCMcFdSL9ZF_zuPAU_zrHXs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-NBJUNbVBsnImQX9noHoBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22quatted%22|%22quatting%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 28],
- (Scottish, dialectal, transitive) To relinquish, forsake, give up.
- Ye hae grown proud since ye quatted the begging. — Scottish proverb, said satirically.
- (Welsh and Southwest England, dialectal, intransitive) To squat or crouch down.
quat (not comparable)
Nounquat (plural quats)
- (chemistry) A quaternary ammonium cation or compound.
quat (not comparable)
Etymology 3See khat.
Nounquat
- Alternative spelling of khat.
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